Stories Behind the Records
Paul Chiddicks, Barbara at ProjectkinA journey through family history, storytelling, and discovery, exploring my own stories and the stories that continue to capture my imagination.
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A father’s name on a birth certificate, is that a fact?
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The Chiddicks Observer Edition 60
Every family historian begins by looking for answers. A record that confirms what we suspect or reveals something entirely unexpected. Yet the longer we spend researching, the more we discover that genealogy is rarely about the answers alon...
Alice Blunden: The Woman Said to Have Been Buried Alive Twice
Few fears are as universal as the thought of being buried alive. Long before modern medicine could reliably determine death, stories circulated of people awakening beneath the earth, trapped inside their coffins with no hope of escape.
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Family history researcher and Family Tree Magazine columnist. I write the stories behind the records — the people, places and history that connect us all. Creator of The Chiddicks Observer on Substack. Full-time storyteller, part-time Lego builder.
I'm the "ringleader" for Projectkin.org. As a community, we capture, preserve, and share our stories in every conceivable form. We inspire and encourage one another in posts, events, and conversations.
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